ReviewAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2021
Low back pain and its related risk factors in health care providers at hospitals: A systematic review.
Review in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07785804 (Effectiveness of the SelfBack-App in Preventing and Treating Low Back Pain Versus no Intervention), which is not on this map. Cited by 38 papers.
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Effectiveness of the SelfBack-App in Preventing and Treating Low Back Pain Versus no Intervention: a Non-randomized Clinical Trial
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Low Back Pain Among Employees of the Qassim Health Cluster: Prevalence, Patterns, and Predictive Factors.Cureus · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Low Back Pain in Nonworking Women in Eastern Saudi Arabia: A Cross-sectional Survey.Cureus · 2026Article
- Physical and emotional health among nurses in protracted crisis settings in Lebanon and Jordan: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2026Article
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- Validation of Inertial Measurement Units for Measuring Lower-Extremity Kinematics During Squat-Pivot and Stoop-Twist Lifting Tasks.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Hospital-based clinical training and low back pain in nursing students: prevalence, risk factors, and implications for nursing care.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Association between chronic pain and mental health among nurses in China: a national cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Relationship between working posture/movement and measures to prevent low back pain among care workers: a cross-sectional study in the Kansai region of Japan.Industrial health · 2025Article
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- Low back pain among medical students: a cross-sectional study from Poland.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2025Article
- Prevalence and predictors of back pain among primary healthcare workers in Qatar in 2023.Qatar medical journal · 2025Article
- Prevalence, predisposing factors, and turnover intention related to low back pain among health workers in Accra, Ghana.PloS one · 2025Article
- The burden of back pain on hospital staff in a maximum care facility in Germany - a survey.Brain & spine · 2025Article
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundHealth care personnel are exposed to ergonomic hazards, musculoskeletal disorders, and other work-related injuries. Low back pain is the most common musculoskeletal disorder. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of low back pain and the risk factors in health care personnel at the hospital in a form of a systematic review and meta-analysis.
methodsIn this systematic review and meta-analysis, the articles published in international electronic databases including Web of Knowledge, Embase, Scopus, PubMed were searched until May 2019. We included cohort, case-control and cross-sectional studies estimate the prevalence and risk factors for low back pain in health personnel. Data were analyzed using Stata-14 software and random effect model at 95% confidence level.
findings154 studies were included in the study for analysis. The estimated lifetime prevalence of lower back pain in health care personnel was 54.8%. The estimated odds ratios were as follows: age 1.23, female gender 1.11, BMI 1.17, lack of regular physical activity 1.56 occupational factors 1.12, patient related factors 1.24, body position at work 2.55, and stress 1.67.
conclusions/application to practice: The prevalence of low back pain in health care personnel is high. Body position at work, stress and lack of physical activity were the strongest risk factors, respectively. Future studies and educational programs are required to reduce the incidence of low back pain in health care personnel.
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